Learn Italian Like
You’ve Always Dreamed

Join our community: learn with a native Italian teacher, online or through immersive experiences in Italy.

Meet Martina,
Your Italian Teacher

Martina Di Maio, founder of Dreaming About Italian and native Italian teacher

Martina | Founder & Teacher

Martina is an Italian teacher from the south of Italy with a deep passion for languages, travel, and human connection. After studying languages at the University of Naples L’Orientale, she discovered her love for teaching Italian during an Erasmus exchange in Spain.

She completed a master’s degree in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, and eventually started her own school. 

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Online Italian Lessons

One-to-One Italian Lessons

Learn with a native Italian teacher
From €20 per lesson with a package

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Small-Group Italian Classes

Speak Italian with confidence, together.
From €12 per lesson with a package

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Learn Italian in Italy

Students visiting a traditional ceramics workshop in Italy
Two students learning to make pasta during a cooking class
Students making fresh pasta during an Italian immersion programme
Student painting a ceramic plate during a workshop in Italy
Martina and students visiting the temples of Paestum

Small-group Italian immersion programmes near Pompeii and on the Cilento Coast. Enjoy language lessons, cultural experiences and accommodation for one or two weeks.

Homestay in Italy

Learn Italian in Italy by Living with a Local Teacher

Come to Italy and learn the language dal vivo.
Experience everyday Italian life with your own native teacher.
One-to-one lessons, local activities, and authentic connections during a personalized homestay near Pompeii

Exclusively for returning students

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Two women sitting at a table, smiling and talking to each other, with documents, notebooks, coffee cups, a pitcher, and bowls of snacks on the table.

Online Italian Book Club

Martina and three students discussing an Italian book during an online book club meeting

Read and discuss books in Italian with a native teacher and learners at your level. Build vocabulary, confidence and connections—one story at a time.

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